Los Angeles Lakers, be careful. Here are the dangers for you

 

ON THE HUNT FOR THE REPEAT | The Los Angeles Lakers hadn't won the NBA title for 10 years (the last in 2010, led by Kobe Bryant), but we need to go back to the beginning of the millennium to see the Lakers  able to repeat their own success. They succeeded twice, in 2001 after winning in 2000 and then again in 2003, completing the triple iteration of the Kobe & Shaq era. LeBron James and Anthony Davis would like to imitate them, but The Athletic's John Hollinger has sorted out the most serious threats to a Lakers repeat 2nd BAND | GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS | The core of the three titles (and the five finals) is available again: Curry (32) -Thompson (30) -Green (30) are scary, but it all depends on the decisions of the franchise to the Draft (with the 2nd absolute choice ) and on the market (Andrew Wiggins as a trading pawn?). If desired, Golden State also has a $ 17 million trade exception available: watch out for the Warriors ... 2nd BAND | BOSTON CELTICS | There is a focus (perhaps unfairly) on the center position as the one in which the Celtics must act in order to think of succeeding the Lakers. From 1 to 4 (Walker, Brown, Tatum, Hayward can + Smart from the bench) a few much better than Boston but with their hands tied from a salary point of view but with three first choices available in the next Draft coming soon.    | MILWAUKEE BUCKS | Could the missing piece at the Bucks be Chris Paul? There is some urgency in Milwaukee, for the future of Antetokounmpo but also because there are doubts about Eric Bledsoe and so many players who are about to expire (Pat Connaughton, Wes Mathews, Kyle Korver and Sterling Brown, with Marvin Williams retiring). The Wisconsin team seems to have reached a fundamental crossroads.